Do you ever get that feeling that there aren\’t enough hours in the day?But then,you step outside into the countryside and suddenly everything seems slower,more relaxed,like time has somehow changed.It\’s not just you--recent research showed nature can regulate our sense of time.
For many of us,stress from work,home and family makes us feel like we don\’t have enough time.Time poverty（缺乏）has become more serious as digital technologies develop.Lasting connectivity extends working hours and can make it difficult to switch off from the demands of friends and family.
Recent research suggests that the way to solve time poverty may lie in the natural world.Psychologist Richardo Correia,at the University of Turku in Finland,found that being in nature may change how we experience time and,perhaps,even give us the sense of time abundance（充裕）.
Correia examined research which compared people\’s experiences of time when they performed different types of tasks in urban（城市的） and natural environments.These studies consistently showed that people report a sense of having more time when they were in nature compared to when they were in an urban environment.
For example,people are more likely to think a walk in the countryside as longer than a walk of the same length in the city.Similarly,people report perceiving time as passing more slowly while doing tasks in natural green environments than in urban environments.Nature seems to slow and expand our sense of time.
It\’s not just our sense of time in the moment which appears to be changed by the natural world,it\’s also our sense of the past and future.Previous research shows that spending time in nature helps to move our focus（关注） from the immediate moment towards our future needs.So rather than focusing on the stress of the needs of our time,nature helps us to see the bigger picture.
Why does nature affect our sense of time?The way we experience time is shaped by our internal biological state and the events going on in the world around us.As a result,emotions such as stress,anxiety and fear can distort our sense of the passage of time.The relaxing effect of natural environments may reduce stress and anxiety,resulting in a more stable experience of time.
（1）What does the underlined word"regulate" in Paragraph 1 mean? ______
A.Require.
B.Connect.
C.Control.
D.Represent.
（2）What makes time poverty more serious? ______
A.The natural world.
B.Digital technologies.
C.People\’s sense of time.
D.Stress from work and home.
（3）What can we learn from the example in Paragraph 5? ______
A.Nature changes the tasks we are doing.
B.A walk in the countryside takes more time.
C.Time seems to pass more quickly in nature.
D.People have a sense of having more time in nature.
（4）How does nature influence our focus? ______
A.It helps us focus on our future needs.
B.It draws a bigger picture in front of us.
C.It prevents us from doing present tasks.
D.It keeps us thinking about the needs of time.
（5）What does the writer want to tell us through the article? ______
A.People manage time better while doing tasks.
B.The best way to solve problems lies in nature.
C.Nature has a good influence on our sense of time.
D.Time management depends on how we shape the world.